It was just before 1:30 p.m. when police Chief Edward Walsh responded to a report of a shoplifter at the CVS at 7 Washington St. A security employee told police he’d just seen a woman walk out with two items valued at just over $50.

The loss-prevention worker told police he saw the woman walk out without paying. He also told them a second woman, who walked up to the front door with the shoplifter, stayed outside.

After speaking with the store employee, two officers in a cruiser conducted a visual check of the area.

While driving on Cohannet Street in front of an empty, vandalized building once known as CB Billiards, police reported seeing a woman walking towards them, who subsequently told them she was aware of the incident but wasn’t involved.

The 24-year-old allegedly said although she’d been in the company of the shoplifter, she had just met her that day, didn’t know her name and had no prior knowledge of her intention to steal from CVS.

It was then, police said, that Walsh pulled into the parking lot and caught sight of a second woman squatting in overgrown shrubs and weeds along the side of the building.

The woman, who police said fit the description of the shoplifting suspect, identified herself as 22-year-old Jamie O’Malley of 394 Mohawk Road, Raynham.

Police said it was then that the first female shrugged and told officers, “OK, I lied; I’m her sister.”

O’Malley allegedly led police to the spot where she had thrown the two items. Police said they retrieved the merchandise from some underbrush behind the nearby Mill River Professional Center.

The CVS employee positively identified O’Malley. He also told police the two Bausch and Lomb eye care products had a value of approximately $51.

O’Malley was previously arrested in 2011 for operating under the influence of alcohol, driving on a suspended license and possession of a Class C prescription drug.